Have you ever experienced DT's ?? (Delirium tremens = alcohol withdrawal)

[kevinthenerd]

My family is LOADED with alcholism on both sides: My father's mom (died of it), my father's brother, my mother's father. My two older sisters drink like fish, as do I.

I'm no stranger to DT's. It's nasty sh!t. I'm scared of becoming an alcoholic.

 

[iliopsoas]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
My family is LOADED with alcholism on both sides: My father's mom (died of it), my father's brother, my mother's father. My two older sisters drink like fish, as do I.

I'm no stranger to DT's. It's nasty sh!t. I'm scared of becoming an alcoholic.

if you have DT's, then it's safe to say you're an alcoholic...still in denial.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
no DTs here

Nope, I have been hungover a few times tho.

 

[Eli]

No, lol.

 

[chrisms]

Yes I've had that.. maybe not as severely as some but I had many of the symptoms (especially the insomnia)

 

[Mucho]

Yes, I have, after a drinking binge that lasted ten days I could not sleep for a few days it occurrede. After I started hallucinating they took me to the hospital there I was given Valium that put me to sleep when I wake things were back to normal.

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: aircooled

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: aircooled

Originally posted by: daveymark

Originally posted by: dartworth
OxyContin is a hell of a drug...

...a drug which has nothing to do with DT's

correct. delirium tremens is alcohol withdrawal (heavy use and abrupt stop)

i was under the assumption that heavy use of nearly any mind altering substance with an abrupt stop could cause them... its not unheard of for people who quit smoking cigs to get them

that's just standard withdrawal, irritability and shakes, etc. DT's is life threatening Text

Learn something new every day! I still stand by my first post in this thread...

Where is your data? Someone exaggerating their withdrawal symptoms and calling it DTs hardly makes it so. Considering the cause of DTs I don't see how it's even medically possible for smoking withdrawal to produce them, but if you furnish data I'll change my opinion.

Again, withdrawal symptoms != DTs.

My first post in this thread was that I had experienced DTs, you are arguing with someone who admitted they learned something and now are agreeing with you

 

[loup garou]

mmm...Delirium Tremens. My favorite beer!

:beer:

 

[PunDogg]

Originally posted by: Squisher
I want to say no, but the shakes experienced during a really bad hangover come oh so close to the tremors of Delirium Tremens.

shakes after a really bad hangover?? I have gotten my share of bad hangovers, but I have never had "The shakes", man I want to party with you

Dogg

 

[Mallow]

Originally posted by: Brule

Originally posted by: Mallow
you have to be dependent on alcohol for such a thing to happen for a long period. It happens b/c your nerve cells are used to a depressant being around... when that depressant is removed they become hyper-active.

It acts on so many different receptors that your brain/body is dealing with several issues at once, equal to stopping several drugs all at once. (compared to mu loving opiates) It's the GABA system which takes the major hit though, same with benzos or GHB. Throw in whatever mental crutch it was being used for and things get even worse.

Are you supporting or refuting my post? Benzo's are actually a treatment for DT.

 

[BigJ]

Yes.

 

[GoingUp]

ive had bad hangovers, but never that bad. i dont drink that much to experience DTs. Id say I only drink enough to get a hangover once every 2-3 months.

 

[MikeMike]

right now. havent drank in a month or 2, but i have a fifth of jaeger in my freezer!!

MIKE

 

[Sust]

I remember reading in Science online that some guy in Vietnam had come up with an herbal remedy to help deal with the withdrawal and the cravings associated with drug addiction.
Much like the legendary taser inventor who zapped himself with his own product to prove its safety, this gentleman claims that he got himself hooked on all sorts of drugs in Vietnam multiple times and he got over the cravings and withdrawal.
If his story is true then you might just be in luck.
I think the double blind placebo stuff is happening now somewhere outside the US... Europe I believe...

Try Googling for Ibogaine too.
Whoa... some of these sites sprouted up quick.
However, I would take everything they say with a grain of salt...
NO conclusive evidence yet.

I will post the Science article on my site if anyone is interested.

 

[UglyCasanova]

I went through an entire quarter of drinking pretty much every night and never experienced any kinda shakes.